Float valve



Aug. 10, 1948. A. NORMAN 2,446,549

FLOAT VALVE Filed April 6, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 37 G la F I GI 2.

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ATTD RN EYS A. NORMAN FLOAT VALVE Aug. 10, 1948.

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INVENTOR. AUGUSTUS NORMAN ATTD R N EYS Patented Aug. 10,1948

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$446,549 Fton'r vALvii- August-it's Norman, Pittsburgh; a. Application April" 6, 1945, Serial 1%; 5865907.

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has reference to improvements in float valves, and more particularly, it is my purpose to provide a simple, sturdy and practicalvalve which is" fully adjustable for varying conditions of use' anddifferences; i213 water pressure, andwhich is designed to open and close on a line of valve movement" coaxial with the flowofwater, which also utilizes the force of' the water" passing; through the valve-toclosethesame; whicli'has means for preventingcontact of scale; and other foreign substances with the valve and seat, which operates without use; of? springs or: rubber washers,

and which is non-siphoning and will operate withoutv the use of a copper or metal float, the" operation".v of the valve" beingsuch' that, a block of wood or anything buoyant enough to'flo'at is all that is necessary, and which has a positively actuated motor means for compelling the valve to close and which is operated by flow of water in the stream, and is adjustable to water pressure, and cooperates with a volume reducer to centralize water pressure, and which aifords great energy in effecting closure of the valve. In addition, to the above, my flow responsive valve closure means, or motor, functions in the dual capacity of a screen or filter to prevent scale and the like from reaching the valve and seat.

Other and equally important objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following description and drawings, and it is pointed out that changes in form, size, shape, materials, and construction and arrangement of parts is permissible and within the purview of my broad inventive concept, and the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of my invention:

Figure 1 is a vertical section;

Figure 2 is a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a view looking in the direction of line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4--4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 1, and

Figure 6 is a detail top plan view of the float 3 Claims. (01. rev-1 0a '4; The 1 pipe I has a cylindrical enlarged valve casing, 5 at itsuppef'ehd, and an upwardly beige" eled' Volume reducingfl'a'nge B is provided in" the? passage to center" and'; control thevolum or streambf water entering" the casing, 5: The per end: of the casing 5" is annularly flange i at 1 to 'bee'ngaged by the threaded union 8 re ov-' ably do'nriebtihgthe cyllndrical bonnetor ho 9"t'o" the casing. At the base lll' orthebonn housing 9 is adependingf sleeve l lupon-which is carried a cylindrically flangedvalve seat' I2 as softer metal than thefconical valve l3 mounted on the stem l4 which-"extendsupwardl'y through thebonnet or-hou'sjing and dewnwardly into the casiIigfasa-t t5. Theend lii isthrea'ded to mount ahollow cylindrical waiter-filter and we rfl responsive device (or riiotiii") lfi wliich -is able ther'eoii sothat for high-water pressures 1 device I6 may be moved away from the inlet passage above the flow reducing flange 6, and for low pressures it may be adjusted toward the inlet passage and flange 6. Furthermore, scale and foreign matter entering with the inflow of water is intercepted and trapped by the flow responsive device which functions as a screen to prevent clogging of the valve and valve seat. At the top H of the housing 9 is a threaded bored boss I8 through which is received the elongated valve guide [9. The boss has a beveled seat 20 for a wedging washer 2| which is held in place and pressed against the guide by a nut 22 so that the guide is adjustable about its aXis as well as vertically and rigidly held in place. The valve stem I4 passes upwardly through the guide and is slidable with respect thereto. A refill tube (not shown) is connected to the nipple 24 of Figure 1, and a water outlet 25 is provided to the tank. The upper end of the valve guide I9 is bifurcated or forked as at 26- to provide laterally inclined arms 21 having hooked ends 28 to engage a cross pin 29 carried by the lever 30 of the float rod connection, which has a tubular part 3| through which is adjustabiy connected by a wing nut 32 the float rod 33. The lever 30 has an elongated opening 34 through which the valve stem l4 passes. A pair of attaching and adjusting nuts 35 and 36 on the threaded end 3'! of the stem are arranged above and below the lever 30 so that the valve stem is moved in response to movement of the float rod under the influence of the float (not shown) to seat or unseat the valve I3. However, since the device IE or motor will automatically close the valve l3 under the influence of water flow, it is not necessary that copper or metal floats be employed, a float of any material 1. A valve, actuating mechanism, comprising a V cylindrical valve casing having a water inlet, a beveled flow control flange about the inlet at "its connection with the casing, a hollow flow re-g sponsive device in the casing, a housing removably attached to the casing and having a water casing, a housing removably attached to the cas ing and having a water outlet, a valve stem slidably mounted in the housing and extending into the casing, a removable valve seat of soft metal carried by the housing, a conical valve on the stem coacting with said seat the flow responsive device adjustably mounted on the valve stem for moving said stem toward the flange and axially of the water current for high and low pressures, adjustable valve stem supporting means on the housing a bifurcated or forked upper end on said means providing spaced parallel arms, hooked ends on said arms, a lever having a cross-pin engaging the hooked ends of said arms, and adjustably connected with a float arm and with the valve ste m for -co-action between the flow responsive device and the flow control flange.

' 3. The invention as defined in claim 2 wherein outlet, a valve stem slidably mounted in the housing and extending into the casing, a flow responsive device being adjustably mounted on the stem, said stem being movable by the flow responsive device, adjustable stem supporting ,means on the housing, and an operating lever attached to the supporting means, and adjustably engaged with the stem for the movement thereof, said flow responsive device and the stem on which it is mounted, as well as the casing and the housing being axially aligned with the direction of flow of the water into and through the housing whereby scale and foreign matter is intercepted by the flow responsive device to prevent clogging of the housing.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a water inlet pipe, a valve casing on the water inlet pipe, a beveled flow control flange about the inlet at its connection with the casing, a hollow, inverted flow responsive device in the Number the flow responsive device is hollow and clindrical and has an open bottom end.

AUGUSTUS NORMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Norway June 22, 1936 Australia Feb. 8, 1944 Number 

